Dictionary Entry
hope
hope is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sloping plain between mountain ridges. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- 2noun
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- 3noun
A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
- 4noun
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
- 5noun
That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
- 6intransitive verb
To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.
- 7intransitive verb
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.
- 8transitive verb
To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
- 9transitive verb
To expect; to fear.
- 10noun
one of the three Christian virtues
- 11noun
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
"there is little or no promise that he will recover"
Synonyms
- 12noun
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
"it revived their hope of winning the pennant"
- 13noun
the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
"in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"
- 14noun
someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
"he was their best hope for a victory"
- 15noun
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
- 16verb
intend with some possibility of fulfilment
"I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"
- 17verb
be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
"I am still hoping that all will turn out well"
- 18verb
expect and wish
"I trust you will behave better from now on"
"I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
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